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Made a couple of years back in New Zealand (it’s cheap,
the crew can live on A-grade roast lamb for the duration of
the production, and when the film’s largely set in a
house, it doesn’t matter anyway) with former teen heartthrob
Barry Watson ('7th Heaven') in the lead, Boogeyman
is the kind of film that’ll have folks appreciating the
invention of the timepiece.
If not for that, we wouldn’t be able to tell how much
longer we’d have to endure this tiring disarray. Having
said that, thankfully, the movie does have something going
for it – it is short.
A leisurely, murky rip-off of half-a-dozen other genre efforts
that preceded it, Boogeyman relies solely on a sequence
of thunderous wham-bam sounds to tickle its audience, hoping
they won’t spot the film with the shoddy script.
Filmmakers should never assume too much.
The film’s wafer-sized storyline goes something like
this: Tim (Watson) once saw his father get swallowed alive
by a demon that lurked in his closet. All these years later
he’s decided to face his fear and return to the house
where it all went down. The End.
The only reason Boogeyman got a theatrical release
is because uber-director Sam Raimi’s (Spider-Man)
production company, Ghost House Pictures, adopted it. And
after the success of the company’s latest genre effort,
The Grudge (of which this seems intriguingly alike),
studios are keen to milk what they can of the chic horror
genre before it’s nothing more than a worn-out tired
teen slasher stencil again.
If this one is any indication, the genre’s dream run
might be on its last legs...
DVD Extras
Extras aren't too bad - evolution of a horror film featurette,
deleted scenes, visual effects feature - few other things.
Probably better than watching the feature...
Conclusion: Movie 15% Extras: 45%
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